I understand that alt tags do not show tooltips when using Mozilla & Firefox. And that the title tag DOES work with those two, plus IE. If I'm using title tags, is it bad design to drop the alt tags .. or does that cause other issues? Do I need both?

Thanks
Jayell

Well I'm currently using Firefox, and the alt tags work (as in, they show the tooltips).

Where did you get that info from?

Alt tags definately show with firefox.

I always thought that alt tags worked in Mozilla + Firefox. I've never come accross any problems!

Hey Jayell, it's not bad design to drop the alt tags, especially if your site uses a lot of images. However, I would place alt tags on important images you might have, (i.e. a header images, logo, contextual images etc..) Also you should note that, screen readers (web browsers for the blind) require alt tags to show them what's on the site. The alt tags will actually be voiced out loud to them.

The alt attribute must be used for all non-textural elements, such as images. It should be an textural alternative to the image, eather if the image was broken, it could not be loaded, images are disabled or the UA (User Agent) does not support images (screen readers, text based browsers, search engine spiders, etc).

The title attribute should be used when you want a pop-up description for the image.